The Moon in the Qin Dynasty

Chapter 588 We can also love Qin!
As for Changping Jun, those who were willing to follow him were those who were more worried about the Qin State. They supported Changping Jun because they saw that he had the support of Qin. Most of them were nobles whose fiefdoms and power were close to Qin.

After all, for these nobles, it doesn’t matter who becomes the king in the court. However, if the Qin State attacks, it will be completely different. They still need to urgently establish good relations with the Qin State.

At least there must be a chance to surrender, not like the royal family of Yan. And in order to integrate into the future development of Qin, it is also necessary to have connections in Qin first!

It is obvious that Changping Jun, a prince who has close ties with the Qin State, is the one who deserves their closeness the most.

This is also why, after leaving Shouchun, Fu Chu and Changping Jun ran to the southeast and northwest respectively. After all, their basic bases were different.

The southeastern regions were greatly influenced by Chunshen Jun, and the development of Chu State in the past was inseparable from his diligence. For decades, Chu State annexed Lu State, built Shouchun, stabilized Baiyue and developed Jiangdong. Chunshen Jun was at the forefront of all this.

Under the auspices of Chunshen Jun, the Wuxi Lake "pi" was built, the Grand Canal was built to connect the Yangtze River with the Wuxi Lake Pi, and the Grand Canal Yuzhaodu was built to divert the water stored in the Wuxi Lake Pi to Datian Xubei, and then a drainage canal was dug from Xubei to Taihu Lake. The water from Taihu Lake was discharged to Xiye through the flood discharge canal to ensure the development and safety of Taihu Lake and its surrounding areas.

Chunshen Jun made great contributions to the development of the Jiangdong area in the State of Chu. Chunshen Jun served as the prime minister of the State of Chu for more than 20 years, and his students and former officials were all over the world. There were countless people who had relationships with him, whether deep or shallow, big or small.

King You of Chu came to power and killed Chunshen Jun, which was accompanied by a brutal political purge. The development of the entire southeast was greatly affected, and those who had been involved with Chunshen Jun in the southeast were deeply feared by King You of Chu and were suppressed and abandoned.

If King You of Chu had done a good job, it would have been fine, but now it has become like this, causing the once thriving Jiangdong to not only continue to flourish, but to actually take a big step backwards. Under the rule of King You of Chu, the interests of the Jiangdong nobles were locked up and their future was bleak, so they were naturally willing to serve Fu Chu.

Opposition parties will always blend together tacitly, and Fu Cu is the best banner. When you can no longer tolerate it, you don't need to tolerate it anymore!

By targeting the bloodline of King You of Chu, they gained the political legitimacy to overthrow King You of Chu. With this reasonable reason, all that was left was one word - do it!

What made things even worse for King You of Chu was that even the Zhao, Qu and Jing families no longer supported him, and the Jing family had openly rebelled.

Among the three families of Zhao, Qu and Jing, the Jing family's power was mostly in the southeast and they were the most dissatisfied with King You of Chu.

The Jing family's original base was in the southeast of Chu State, that is, the Yunyang Jiangdong area. Chunshen Jun's vigorous development of Jiangdong benefited the Jing family the most, and the Jing family was Chunshen Jun's solid ally.

However, all these wonderful developments disappeared with the killing of Chunshen Jun. With the political purge of King You of Chu, many large-scale projects originally presided over by Chunshen Jun were aborted. The Jing family suffered the greatest loss. This was the fundamental reason why the Jing family was determined to rebel against King You of Chu.

The Jing family had originally hoped that King You of Chu would move the capital to Jiangdong. After all, King You of Chu also had this intention. If King You of Chu really moved the capital to the Jing family's base camp, then the Jing family would definitely be able to get the biggest piece of the pie. However, as this hope diminished, coupled with King You of Chu's increasingly frantic killing, the Jing family completely gave up on King You of Chu.

Of course, King You of Chu also had his own plans. With the rapid development of the Jiangdong region in the past twenty years, the power of the Jing family had grown increasingly stronger, which also aroused the fear of King You of Chu. After killing Chunshen Jun, he also suppressed the Jing family.

However, King You of Chu did not dare to force Jing family completely. In order to compensate Jing family, King You of Chu appointed Jing Jie as the Left Sima of Shouchun and put him in charge of the city defense, but it was still useless.

Jing Jie had already returned to Yunyang with Fu Chu and completely raised the banner of rebellion, and firmly testified that King You of Chu was not the son of King Kaolie of Chu.

There is also the Xiang family. The Xiang family is similar to the Jing family. The Xiang family's base camp is in Xiaxiang, which is also in the Jiangdong area. However, the Xiang family is not as tough as the Jing family and dare not directly rebel. In addition, the Xiang family also has considerable power in the court and the Jianghuai area. They are not so extreme, but they are definitely very dissatisfied with King You of Chu and are willing to support Fu Chu secretly.

As for the Qu family, they originally occupied the strategic location of the Hanjiang Plain, but that was a thing of the past. The Hanjiang Plain was already the territory of the Qin State. Since then, the Qu family has become the weakest of the three families and can only live in the Dongting Lake Basin, facing the Qin State in the west of the Chu State, and worrying that the Qin State will come down the river to attack them at any time. It was only in the past few years that Ying Zheng's strategic vision was not focused here, so the Qu family had a few years of steady life.

The Zhao family was even worse off. The Zhao family's power had always been in the upper reaches of the Huai River. Originally, it was fine, but in recent years, as Wei was eroded, Han was annexed, and Chu continued to lose cities and territory, the Zhao family's fiefdom was almost bordering Qin territory. And it was obvious that Qin was destined to attack from the north of the Central Plains to the south. Originally, the Qu family bore the greatest pressure, but now it was the Zhao family, which made the Zhao family sleep uneasy.

This is also why Qu and Zhao were close to Changping Jun. They were really afraid that the Qin army would suddenly attack them.

Although they were all collateral branches of the royal family and did not want to surrender, and although Chu was definitely better for them than Qin, they still had to be prepared and be able to surrender if necessary.

Even if it means heavy losses, we have to accept it. After all, to be honest, the people of King Qin are still very good.

After seeing what happened to Prince Xi of Yan, what they feared most was not being allowed to surrender, not having opportunities for development after surrendering, and being held accountable later.

Always leave some room for yourself when doing things so that you can meet again in the future. Qin and Chu are one family, and we have a good relationship. When you round it off, we are all family, so there is no need to fight for our lives.

The Qin State is too strong now, and we can no longer rebel.

The problem now is how to let Qin forgive the past. You know, these two families were originally the most anti-Qin, and they were not afraid of it. After the end of the Yan royal family spread throughout the world, they were even more afraid.

Changping Jun has a close relationship with the State of Qin, so naturally we have to support Changping Jun.

As for rebelling against Qin, well, if you can defeat it, you can rebel, but if you can’t, then you definitely won’t rebel.

We are a side branch of the royal family, and our relationships are complicated, but our princess is the wife of the King of Qin, so we are all relatives.

As long as the King of Qin gives us a chance, we can also love Qin!
He was as loyal to Qin as he was to Chu, and even more loyal to the King of Qin than he was to the King of Chu!

Faced with the current situation, King You of Chu was completely paralyzed. He could never imagine why the situation would develop into this in such a short period of time?

He seemed to be isolated and helpless in an instant. He had clearly ordered vassal states from all directions to come to Yingdu to support the king, but only a handful of them came. Not many resisted openly, but not many came to support him either. They all hesitated and refused to move.

Now King Chu You was really panicking.

It is true that the Chu nobles will not rebel against the royal family, but now there are three people representing the royal family!
In particular, the Jing family firmly supported Fu Chu, while the Zhao family and the Qu family remained silent, but the small nobles and some troops under their control were marching towards Changping Jun.

Of course it couldn't be an attack on Lord Changping!
Changping Jun is still in Shangcai. Even if these two families had ten times the courage, they would not dare to attack Qin on their own initiative!

If it's not a crusade, then what else can we go there for? It can't be to celebrate a birthday, right?

He did send a message to King You of Chu, saying that they were going to defend against the Qin State, which might take advantage of the situation to rob them.

King You of Chu was so angry that he couldn't say anything. You guys are so loyal and patriotic, and you're still defending against Qin? Just you? I can't tell you what you're really thinking!

When the time came to support the king, he did not come but went in the opposite direction. This in itself speaks volumes.

King You of Chu indeed felt even more disheartened.

Although the Qu and Zhao clans did not directly rebel against King You of Chu, it is true that they were extremely dissatisfied with him. Everyone prospers together and everyone suffers together. The external situation is so bad, and you still govern the country like this. Everyone's situation is getting worse and worse. It's good enough that they don't directly rebel against you now. How can they help you? Don't dream.

This is what rebellion is like. An unpopular rule can quickly turn into a raging war as long as one person takes the lead.

Especially since the leader already has the legitimacy to obtain power, everyone will naturally come closer to him with peace of mind.

It also once again verified the terrible consequences of being childless. For a king who was almost forty years old to have no son was a terrible disaster in itself.

Even his subordinates cannot rest assured to work for him.

From the perspective of succession, if King You of Chu died without a son, then his younger brother would naturally take over as King of Chu. This means that if you fight for the king now, there will be no benefits, and the disadvantages are visible to the naked eye.

King You of Chu gritted his teeth and pulled his younger brother Xiong You to summon nobles from all directions to support the king. This showed that even if he died, he would only give the throne to his younger brother and not to anyone else.

In any case, he is an heir of the same lineage.

As for King You of Chu himself, he stayed in Shouchun and successively cleaned up and rectified the king's personal troops and the imperial guards.

In any case, he still has the Chu State's most elite 50,000 central troops under his command.

Most of the nobles are watching and not putting in any effort, while others are just playing supporting roles and following whoever wins. It is impossible for them to be the opponent of the central army if they only rely on the Jing family to work hard. As long as they win the first battle and show their power, those who are watching and hesitating will rush to the king as soon as possible.

King You of Chu was not wrong in his thinking. Although Lord Changping already had the support of the Qin Empire and a small number of nobles were moving towards him, to be honest, only a minority of people truly supported him. Everyone just wanted to have a path with the Qin Empire, and no one really supported him to become the King of Chu.

The reason is very simple. If you really become the King of Chu, can you still tolerate those of us who want to be close to Qin?
(End of this chapter)